Appearance: Pours a deep reddish-gold with about an inch of fizzy, off-white head that persists. Good edging and lacing. Slightly cloudy when held up to direct light.

Aroma: Fruity hops all the way – heavy apricot backed with citrus. This smells wonderful.

Taste: Almost as good as they nose. This is a very sweet, juicy APA, with lots of citrus and tropical notes up front and through the middle. Very clean finish with just a touch of bitterness in the aftertaste.

So for our third and final (at least until either more of their beers make it to South Bend or I trek on over to Hammond), we take a taste of their Temporal Purgatory Session APA. Usually calling something a ‘session’ beer implies that it’s basically a lawnmower beer – low in ABV, but also severely lacking in taste. That’s definitely not the case with Temporal Purgatory, though. This beer has some serious balls.

It all starts with the beer’s combination of Chinook and Mosaic hops. The Mosaic, known for its tropical and citrusy characteristics, tends to dominate both the nose and the flavor profile. It’s also high in alpha acids, which are responsible for adding bitterness to a beer. Chinook hops tend to be more piney and spicy so their influence on the beer seems a bit subtler, possibly just adding a bit of bitterness and tempering some of the fruitiness/sweetness of the Mosaic hops.

All told, Temporal Purgatory is a wonderfully tasty, juicy APA that impresses me just as much as the other two 18th Street beers that I’ve tried. As far as their IPAs, I may like the Jade slightly more, but I would just as happily drink either of them again.

Clayton T. Michaels (Senior Editor) is a mild-mannered college English teacher by day, and a craft beer drinking, black metal and grindcore loving misanthrope by night. He's also an award-winning poet, rabid Red Sox fan, and avid consumer of all things WWE. Send him your promos at [email protected] You can also occasionally find him on Twitter as @sbkvlt and more frequently as ironhops on Instagram.

18th Street Brewing Jade American Pale Ale (5.5% ABV) Pour: 12oz can into a snifter Appearance: Pours a lovely dark gold with about an inch of fizzy, persistent head. Not much lacing to speak Aroma: Very hoppy – juicy citrus, almost like orange juice. [...]